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The Countryside in October

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Presented by Wynford Vaughan Thomas who this month visits a butterfly farm in South Wales.
Also, Martin Muncaster finds out why pigeons are a nuisance in Hampshire, while Eric Simms visits Gibraltar Point Bird Observatory for the migration season. In County Down, David Erwin observes the wildlife on Strangford
Loch, and Stephen Phelps has been to Shropshire to meet Eusty Rogers - the man believed to be the last coracle-maker left in England. Autumn is the traditional time for harvesting and David Taviner has been watching the Yorkshire farmers at work.
Producer CAROLINE ELLIOT (Repeated: Fri 11.5 am)

Contributors

Presented By:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Unknown:
Martin Muncaster
Unknown:
Eric Simms
Unknown:
David Erwin
Unknown:
Stephen Phelps
Unknown:
Eusty Rogers
Unknown:
David Taviner
Producer:
Caroline Elliot
Source: Radio Times

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